Mel Gibson Sells California House for $2.1 Million

The ‘Hacksaw Ridge’ director took a small loss on the property

Mel Gibson has unloaded his Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired house in Sherman Oaks, California, for $2.1 million.

Mr. Gibson, 61, who is up for his first Oscar since winning best director for “Braveheart” in 1996 for “Hacksaw Ridge,” took a modest loss on the property, which he bought in 2009 for $2.4 million. Property records show Mr. Gibson bought the home under a trust with Vicki Lynn Christianson, the COO of Mel Gibson’s production company Icon Productions, as trustee.

The home was built in 2006, just a few years before Mr. Gibson bought the property. It has four bedrooms, four bathrooms and numerous details playing off Wright’s Prairie-style architecture, according to a listing with Joyce Blackburn of Realty Executives. The listing confirmed the sale of the property, though Ms. Blackburn was not immediately available for comment.

The architect behind Mr. Gibson’s former home mimicked Wright’s theory of building flat-roofed, horizontal homes meant to fit the flat prairie landscape of the Midwest, where the iconic architect was from. By contrast, this house sits in the rolling foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains.

Images show stained-glass windows in the home, including an elaborate front door, that have the same colorful geometric patterns found in Wright’s iconic buildings, including a wheat motif—another nod to the Midwest. Other elements borrowed from the master architect include wood beam and trim contrasting against white paint and walls of continuous windows, photos of the home show.

The house also has a flagstone courtyard with a fountain, skylights and Viking appliances.

For a while, the house reportedly served as the residence for Mr. Gibson’s former partner and the mother of his daughter, Oksana Grigorieva, 46. As per their custody agreement, Ms. Grigorieva, a Russian musician, and their daughter, Lucia, were meant to live in the Sherman Oaks home until the child turned 18. It’s not clear whether the terms of that agreement had changed.

Mr. Gibson is also poised to take an even steeper loss on a property in Agoura Hills. The modest, one-bedroom cottage, is now in contract to sell for around $699,000, according to listing records. That’s an eye-popping hit for the star director, who bought the home through a trust for $2.15 million in 2007, according to property records.

A publicist for Mr. Gibson did not immediately return request for comment.